Gaia hypothesis – Uncommon Descent

Artificial Intelligence Culture Ecology Intelligent Design

AI will save Gaia, says James Lovelock at nearly 100 years of age

The Gaia hypothesis started out as science, then discovered weed. But a digital Gaia movement for the 21st century will not, one suspects, be hippies. Maybe not as nice.

Intelligent Design

How life shaped Earth, with a hat tip to Lynn Margulis

Grinspoon argues that life helping shape Earth means that most planets will either be lush or dead. Maybe. David, find us one that isn’t dead and we promise to get back to you soon.

Ecology Fine tuning Intelligent Design

Gaia needs a reboot and New Scientist is here to explain

A machine built from scavenged parts from Britain’s Royal Air Force started randomly but ended in equilibrium. Can it boost the Gaia cult?

Human evolution Naturalism Religion

Gaia theory is now Gaia 2.0

Yes, everything is going high tech now, it seems. Intro of topic For around half a century, the ‘Gaia’ hypothesis has provided a unique way of understanding how life has persisted on Earth. It champions the idea that living organisms and their inorganic surroundings evolved together as a single, self-regulating system that has kept the Read More…

Darwinism Evolution Information Intelligent Design Naturalism

Gaia is back, and she has discovered Darwinism

The old Gaia asserts that living organisms and their inorganic surroundings have evolved together as a single living system that greatly affects the chemistry and conditions of Earth’s surface. Some scientists believe that this “Gaian system” self-regulates global temperature, atmospheric content, ocean salinity, and other factors in an “automatic” manner. Earth’s living system appears to Read More…

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